What is 4 in Yorùbá?

4 in Yorùbá

mẹ́rin

Hear it in a sentence

Ìgò ọtí mẹ́rin ni Olú rà

A native speaker reading a whole sentence that contains this number word. The clip was matched to the word automatically.

Recording by a native speaker from NaijaVoices, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

How 4 is built in Yorùbá

4 is a base word. Counted aloud it is ẹ̀rin; before a noun, and as taught to learners, it is mẹ́rin.

4 in the other Nigerian languages

4 in Igboanọ 4 in Hausahuɗu

Nearby numbers in Yorùbá

1ọ̀kan 2méjì 3mẹ́ta 5márùn-ún 6mẹ́fà 7méje

Try another number in the calculator Practise with the Numbers game

These forms are generated from the counting rules of each language and are still awaiting native-speaker review. Numeral words vary by region and by source.